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Some say privatization is the only
solution to skyrocketing costs. Others say it will lead to a
two-tier system and destroy medicare as we know it. On Nov.
28, Health Care Commissioner Roy Romanow presented his prescription
for health care reform. During the week before the release cbc.ca,
CBC Radio and CBC Television examined the main issues: the changing
nature of health care, Canada compared to the world, who has
access, privatization, obstacles to change and who pays.

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Betting on health
care: Are hospital lotteries a legitimate way
to raise funds? By CBC Radio3. Launch
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Health care’s controversial
history: A multimedia timeline with footage from CBC
Radio and Television archives. Launch
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How well do public and private
systems respond to the challenges of modern medicine?
Justin Hayward reports on CBC Radio One's World Report.
[Real
Audio runs 1:34]

When going private is better
than nothing: Kimberly, British Columbia, does
what's necessary to keep its hospital.
[Real
Audio runs 8:01]
And The Virtual Patient, Part One: Doctors
across the country are quizzed about treating two patients
with different conditions. Where are the prospects for
treatment and cure best? On CBC Radio One's The Current.
Part One: [Real
Audio runs 3:16] Part Two:
[Real
Audio runs 4:03] Part Three:
[Real
Audio runs 3:34]

CBC TV's Christopher Thomas reports
on the challenges to the health care system caused by
the growing number of private for-profit MRI clinics
in Canada. [Real
Video runs 5:47]

Cam MacIntosh reports for CBC TV on
Alberta, at the forefront of the push for private,
for-profit, health care. [Real
Video runs 2:02]

Is profit bad? Maureen
Taylor looks at the role of private care in Canada. On
CBC TV's Canada Now. [Real
Video runs 2:24]

Some people swear by private
medical care: Others are offended by the very
idea. Is there a role for private, profit-based medicine
in Canada? Justin Hayward reports on CBC Radio One's The
World at Six. [Real
Audio runs 6:39]

Medicare gets a rough
ride in Regina: Opponents of the government's medicare
scheme rally before the legislature during the Saskatchewan
doctors strike. Broadcast July 11, 1962.
From CBC Radio and Television Archives Web site: The Creation of Medicare. Launch
Video [Runs 5:47]

Average health care spending per
household in Canada in 2000 was $1,357, up from $1,009
in 1996.
– Health Care in Canada 2000, Canadian Institute
for Health Information